CVE-2004-2405

Buffer overflow in multiple F-Secure Anti-Virus products, including F-Secure Anti-Virus 5.42 and earlier, allows remote attackers to bypass scanning or cause a denial of service (crash or module restart), depending on the product, via a malformed LHA archive.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2405 is rated Moderate Risk (53/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.72%). EPSS rose +1.38% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2405

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.34% 1.72% +1.38%
2 2025-03-17 0.53% 0.34% -0.19%
3 2024-12-17 — 0.53% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2405

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2405

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2405

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
f-secure f-secure_anti-virus <= 4.52 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:*:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
f-secure f-secure_anti-virus <= 5.42 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:*:*:mimesweeper:*:*:*:*:*
f-secure f-secure_anti-virus <= 5.42 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:*:*:windows_servers:*:*:*:*:*
f-secure f-secure_anti-virus <= 5.42 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:*:*:workstations:*:*:*:*:*
f-secure f-secure_anti-virus <= 5.52 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:*:*:client_security:*:*:*:*:*
f-secure f-secure_anti-virus <= 6.21 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:*:*:ms_exchange:*:*:*:*:*
f-secure f-secure_anti-virus <= 2004 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-secure f-secure_anti-virus 4.60 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:4.60:*:samba_servers:*:*:*:*:*
f-secure f-secure_for_firewalls <= 6.20 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_for_firewalls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-secure f-secure_internet_security <= 2004 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_internet_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-secure internet_gatekeeper <= 6.32 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:internet_gatekeeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2405

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